Revolutionary Wedding

{{short description|1938 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Revolutionary Wedding | image =File:Revolutionary Wedding.png | caption = | director =[[Hans H. Zerlett]] | producer = [[Franz Vogel]] | writer = Hans H. Zerlett | based_on = ''Revolutionsbryllup'' by [[Sophus Michaëlis]] | starring =[[Brigitte Horney]] <br> [[Friedrich Benfer]] <br> [[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]] | music = [[Walter Gronostay]] | cinematography = [[Georg Krause]] | editing = [[Ella Ensink]] | studio = Euphono-Film | distributor =[[Terra Film]] | released ={{film date|1938|3|7|df=y}} | runtime = 86 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Revolutionary Wedding''''' (German: '''''Revolutionshochzeit''''') is a 1938 German [[historical film|historical]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Hans H. Zerlett]] and starring [[Brigitte Horney]], [[Friedrich Benfer]] and [[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]].<ref>Klaus p.172</ref><ref>Fox p.229</ref> It was shot at the [[Berlin]] studios of [[Carl Froelich]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[Brandenburg]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Karl Machus]].<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/revolutionshochzeit_b6821ae9fcbe4cb4a3353c028da467b4</ref>

==Synopsis== In 1793 during the [[Reign of Terror]] of the [[French Revolution]], the [[aristocrat]] Aline has just married her cousin Ernest when he is arrested and taken away by the [[Jacobin]]s. Their zealous leader Montaloup immediately has him sentenced to death. A desperate Aline approached an army officer Marc-Arron and he gets a twelve hour [[stay of execution]] for her husband. She then offers to spend the night with him if he will let her husband escape. He agrees and facilitates Ernest's escape by swapping his own uniform for his prison clothes, but she soon realises he is an honourable man who has no intention of taking advantage of her. Conversely she is struck by the cowardice of Ernest who has fled to safety abroad. When Marc-Arron is arrested in the morning for [[treason]] and himself sentenced to death, she chooses to join him in front of the [[firing squad]].

==Cast== * [[Brigitte Horney]] as Aline * [[Friedrich Benfer]] as Ernest * [[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]] as Marc Arron * [[Bernhard Minetti]] as Montaloup * [[Hugo Gau-Hamm]] as General Davout * [[Carla Rust]] as Leontine * [[Peter Elsholtz]] as Prosper * [[Heinz Welzel]] as Jean Lasque * [[Eva Tinschmann]] as Jeanette * [[Ernst Albert Schaach]] as Jerome * [[Franz Lichtenauer (actor)|Franz Lichtenauer]] as Pierre * [[Erwin Biegel]] as Soldat Biron

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Fox, Jo. ''Filming Women in the Third Reich''. Bloomsbury Academic, 2000. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1938''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0030677}}

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